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Thomas A. Larson

SVP & Chief Commercial Officer at Ascendis Pharma

Tom Larson has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer since April 2018. Previously, Mr. Larson was Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America since 2016. At Mitsubishi, he established the U.S. commercial organization and successfully launched the company’s first U.S. pharmaceutical product, Radicava®, the first amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapy approved in the U.S. in over 20 years. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Larson was a member of the commercial team for Marathon Pharmaceuticals, where he helped build the commercial infrastructure. Prior to Marathon, he worked for Boehringer-Ingelheim and Johnson & Johnson, where he launched multiple products and oversaw various sales and marketing activities focused on hospital and specialty markets. Mr. Larson began his career at Abbott Laboratories in 1985, where he worked in research and development, sales, market access and marketing roles of increasing responsibility over his 18-year tenure, including leadership positions in the commercial organization supporting orphan drug, hospital, biologics and specialty product launches. Mr. Larson holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Northern Michigan University.


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